Holder for flags or the like



Feb. 2 1926. 1,571,581

D. FLIEGELMAN ET AL HOLDER FOR FLAGS OR THE LIKE Filed Nov. 13, 1924INVENTORS Dawn fizssz-Lmn -AN1J- Hum z r s M Emmzzwnrzn.

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UNrrsn sra'rss DAVID FLIEGELMAN AND HORACE Ifi. BREDGE'WATER, 9FBRIDGEPUBT, CONNECTICUT.

HOLDER FOP-3 FLAG$ OR THE LIKE.

Application filed November 13, 1924. Serial No. 749,679.

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Be it known that we, DAVID FLIEGELMAN and Homes M. BRIDGElVATER, bothcitizens of the United States, and residents of the tilt? of Bridgeport,in the county of Fair held and State of Connecticut, have in-'ventedQertai11 new and useful Improvements in Holders for Flags or thelike, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improved holder for flags, or thelike, and has for an object to provide a device of this character formedfrom a single piece of sheet metal, or other suit-able material, whichwill be of extremely simple form, may be quickly attached to anautomobile, or other vehicle, and will rigidly secure a flag, pennant,or other novelty, :in such manner that it will not become displaced oraccidentally lost.

A. further object is to provide such a device adapted to be springclipped on the motornieter or radiator cap of an automobile, which willbe self-sustained, through cooperation with the moto-rmeter radiatorcap, against rotation or angular displacement, and which willfurthermore be free of any rivets, bolts, or other parts than the singlepiece of sheet material from which it is formed. To this end, it isproposed in the present embodiment of the invention to provide a deviceformed from a single piece of blanked out spring sheet material, andpressed to shape to provide a iesilient cylindrical staff receivingportion in which the staff of the flag, or other device, is tightlyclamped and supported, and. a spring clip portion adapted to clip aboutthe neck of the motorineter or radiator cap structure, the co-operationbetween the cylindrical portion engaging one side of the inotorn'ieteror radiator cap and the end of the clip portion engaging the other sidethereof being such as to support the devize against rotation and angulardisplacement.

lVith the above and other objects in view, einbodin'ients of theinvention are shown in the accompanying drawings, and theseeinhodiinents will be hereinafter more fully described with referencethereto, and the invention will be finally pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, showing the front end of an automobileprovided with motormeter, and having a device according to the inventionattached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the device, according to one embodimentthereof;

Fig. 3 is a side view thereof, showing the same as attached to ainotormeter, and having a staff inserted therein;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the fiat blank of sheet material from which thedevice is formed;

Fig. 6 is a front view of a modified form of the device, provided withmeans for supporting two staffs;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the flat blank irom which the device as shownin Fig. 6

formed;

Fig. 8 is a. side view of a further modilied form of the device, asattached to a radiator cap, and especially adapted for automobiles ofthe Ford type; and

Fig. 9 is a front View thereof.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 5thereof, the embodiment of the invention shown therein formed from ablank of sheet metal, or other suitable material, and comprises avertically disposed cylindrical tubular portion 10, formed by bendingthe metal trans versely about a. vertical axis to bring the verticaledges together, and a spring clip portion formed integrally at the lowerend of the tubular portion, and comprising side arms 11 and 12 bentrearwardly and inwardly toward each other at their rearward spaced ends.The side arms are slightly curved upwardly and are provided at theirrearward extremities with upwardly extending hook portions 14.

Figs. 1 and 8 illustrate the device as attached to the inotormeter of anautomobile, the clip being snapped about the neck portion thereof, thelower edge resting upon the base of theinotormeter, and the hook endssnugly engaging the rearward surface thereof. The tubular portionengages snugly against the forward surface of the motorineter, sothat-relative turning movement orv angular displacement is prevented,and this relation is maintained even under excessive vibration and.severe shocks. The flag staff "15 is inserted in the tubular portion 10,and

by reason of the resiliency of this portion the staff is tightly clampedand maintained in secured relation.

In Figs. 6 and 7 there is illustrated a modified form of the invention,Fig. 7 illustrating the sheet metal blank from which the device isformed. In thisform the device is provided with two angularly disposedcylindrical tublular flag staff supporting portions 16 and 17 formedintegrally with the spring clip portion. It will be understood that morethan two tubular portions may be provided, if desired,- in a similarmanner.

In Figs. 8 and 9 there is illustrated a further modification,particularly adapted for use with the radiator cap of an automo bile ofthe Ford type, in whichthe neck portion of the cap mounting or fillingspout is relatively high: This, modification of the device is also"formed from a single piece of spring sheet material, the tubular portion18 being bent to shape about-a ve'trical axis and extendingabove andbelow the integral spring clip portion 19, the; latter having book ends20, as in the other forms.

The device is engaged about the neck of the filling spout by snappingthe clip about the same, the hook ends being engaged in the scallopedindentations provided in the periphery of the cap, while the tubularportion is engaged at its upper part in one of the indentations at theforward side and at its lowerp'art with, the lower end of the neck atthe forward side. In this manner the device is securely clamped in'placeand is held against relative rotation and angular displacement.

The" device, according to our invention, provides-a very simple? andeiiicient attachment means for securing flags, pennants, or othernovelties to automobiles: It may be attached or detached in a. moment,without marring the automobile structure in any way, and for this reasonis especially adapted for use'o'n patriotic holidays, at football gamesor other contests where the spectators may desire to indicate theirpreference with a flag or pennant, or upon other occasions where it isdesirable to temporarily display a flag, pennant, or other deviceattached toa stafi, such for instance, as a pinwheel, balloon or thelike.

Ve have illustrated and described preferred and satisfactory embodimentsof the invention, but it will be obvious that changes may be madetherein within the spirit and scope thereof, as defined in the appendedclaim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent'is:

As an article of manufacture, a holder for staffs of flags or the likeadapted'for use upon automobiles or other vehicles, comprising a singlepiece of spring metal and including a longitudinally splitlatei'allve2;- pansiblefland contractible resilient tubular portion having anunobstructed passage of uniform cross section therethrough permittingengagement of said staff to any desired extent in parallel relation tothe axis of said tubular portion, said tubular portion adapt: ed to beexpanded to receive and to contract to clanipingly secure the staff, thesplit being centrally at the rear of said tubular portion, the front ofthe holder extending below the rear of said tubular portion and being anintegral continuation of the front part thereof whereby the tubularportion terminates in spaced relation to the base of the holder, springarms at each side in integral continuation of said front part below thetubular portion, said arms being adapted for clamping the holder to aportion of the vehicle.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fai'riield, and State ofConnecticut, this 12th day of November, 1924.

DAVID FLIEGELMAN. HORACE M. BRIDGEWVATFJR.

